i was wonderin how much hp the old girl can handle as of now i have 4in mbrp exhaust and a 6637 my future mods are a custom tuned ts, intercooler,idm upgrade, and maybe stage 1 water/methanol. any suggestions on what to do to the transmission and also what is the rear wheel hp i would be looking at
Maybe 60 hp..not sure about the water meth mix. Your trans will handle the chip's HP. It would be better to get a TW chip then as you mod for more HP..reburns are free!
I had a BTS valve body and DP tunes on my truck before I got a full trans and my old Stage II injectors that are now out. Tunes are great from any of the tuners that are on this sight so its really just your preference.
also do you really need watermeth? unless your towing alot, or having other mods id suggest it but till then its kinda noth worth in on a stock truck in my opinon.
i thought about it to help keep my egts down cause when i priced an intercooler it was through the roof BUT then i found out i can get them off a 6.0 and a newer 7.3 for ALOT cheaper
How you drive is very important on how your trans holds up. I'm only making like 280 maybe 300hp and my truck has an upgraded (medium duty) trans in it. Valve body, decent torque converter etc. Right now my truck is sitting because the trans is toast. If you plan on using it hard, towing racing or just have a heavy foot, it's worth the money on a very good trans. I had a 50k mile 5 year warranty and it's at 55k miles and 5 1/2 yrs. Especially if you plan on doing more mods to the truck just get the best trans you can get to prevent doing it again down the road after you just spent all your money on other mods.
nope no intercooler and a chip alone will smoke on a civic, the other day at a red light a filled a car who kept tailgateing my and decided he wanted to be on the right side of my truck. egts are very controlable
it was a good puff and then to a light haze, which is how i like it. granted once i do stage 1s there will be more smoke, but i will be getting the chip reburned by tony and i know he does good work.
scrap the water meth idea and get a intercooler and a chip. i thought i would be happy with just a chip, down pipe, and air intake. NOT!!!! had to have more hp so i got the d66 turbo and stage 1s. chip only makes very minimal smoke if u want decent smoke then get some stage 1 injectors.
Your better off going with the bigger better stuff first. Get a chip and gauges for sure and go from there. You will love that for a while then you will want more. In that mean time save for a SD turbo conversion with the intercooler that way you can throw on a 38R ball bearing turbo. There is a lot of ways you can go with your truck just look into it all and ask questions on here if you have them. Water meth to me is only if your running a lot of fuel or just towing a lot.
ohhh gotcha im taking that off my list thanks for the good info:rockwoot:
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